[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6186-S6187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for 
information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 251

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 251, a bill 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit targeted interference 
with mobile radio services within prison facilities.


                                 S. 255

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 255, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum 
annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 538

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, a bill to increase the 
recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, 
and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to improve the 
safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to 
strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and 
cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and 
psoriatic arthritis data collection, and study access to and quality of 
care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for 
purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and 
the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for 
physical education.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 645, a bill to amend title 
32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of 
expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
bicentennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 718, a bill to amend the Legal Services 
Corporation Act to meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for 
technology grants, improve corporate practices of the Legal Services 
Corporation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to authorize 
the production of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief bullion 
coins in palladium to provide affordable opportunities for investments 
in precious metals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 846, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to 
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight 
against global poverty.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration 
of the establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's highest 
award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed 
upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States, 
to honor the American military men and women who have been recipients 
of the Medal of Honor, and to promote awareness of what the

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Medal of Honor represents and how ordinary Americans, through courage, 
sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism, can challenge fate and 
change the course of history.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 908, a bill to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance 
United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding 
economic sanctions against Iran.
  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, supra.


                                 S. 947

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 947, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
962, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 
2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its 
people, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to 
protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child 
marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to establish a 
non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and 
otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United 
States.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill 
to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
improve procedures for the collection and delivery of marked absentee 
ballots of absent overseas uniformed service voters, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to 
amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal 
standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and 
honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health 
insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those 
markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance 
Oversight to monitor performance in those markets, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1067, a bill to support stabilization 
and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's 
Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support 
multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate 
the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds 
for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and 
transitional justice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1099

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1099, a bill to 
provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1156

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1156, a bill to amend the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school 
program.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1157, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries 
in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1158, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for 
spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric 
diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1160

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1160, a bill to provide 
housing assistance for very low-income veterans.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive 
the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the 
Medicare Program.


                              S.J. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 14, a joint 
resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                              S. RES. 167

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 167, a bill commending the people 
who have sacrificed their personal freedoms to bring about democratic 
change in the People's Republic of China and expressing sympathy for 
the families of the people who were killed, wounded, or imprisoned, on 
the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 
in Beijing, China from June 3 through 4, 1989.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1242 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the 
Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement 
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1245

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1245 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing 
the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate 
tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement 
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other 
purposes.

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